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Transgender in India

Indian Census has never recognized third gender i.e. Transgender while collecting census data for years. But in 2011, data of Transgender's were collected with details related to their employment, Literacy and Caste. In India, total population of transgender is around 4.88 Lakh as per 2011 census. The data of Transgender has been cubbed inside "Males" in the primary data released by Census Department. For educational purpose, separate data of Transgender has been curved out from that.

# State Transgenders Child(0-6) SC ST Literacy
- India 487,803 54,854 78,811 33,293 56.07%
1 Uttar Pradesh 137,465 18,734 26,404 639 55.80%
2 Andhra Pradesh 43,769 4,082 6,226 3,225 53.33%
3 Maharashtra 40,891 4,101 4,691 3,529 67.57%
4 Bihar 40,827 5,971 6,295 506 44.35%
5 West Bengal 30,349 2,376 6,474 1,474 58.83%
6 Madhya Pradesh 29,597 3,409 4,361 5,260 53.01%
7 Tamil Nadu 22,364 1,289 4,203 180 57.78%
8 Orissa 20,332 2,125 3,236 4,553 54.35%
9 Karnataka 20,266 1,771 3,275 1,324 58.82%
10 Rajasthan 16,517 2,012 2,961 1,805 48.34%
11 Jharkhand 13,463 1,593 1,499 3,735 47.58%
12 Gujarat 11,544 1,028 664 1,238 62.82%
13 Assam 11,374 1,348 774 1,223 53.69%
14 Punjab 10,243 813 3,055 0 59.75%
15 Haryana 8,422 1,107 1,456 0 62.11%
16 Chhattisgarh 6,591 706 742 1,963 51.35%
17 Uttarakhand 4,555 512 731 95 62.65%
18 Delhi 4,213 311 490 0 62.99%
19 Jammu and Kashmir 4,137 487 207 385 49.29%
20 Kerala 3,902 295 337 51 84.61%
21 Himachal Pradesh 2,051 154 433 118 62.10%
22 Manipur 1,343 177 40 378 67.50%
23 Tripura 833 66 172 181 71.19%
24 Meghalaya 627 134 3 540 57.40%
25 Arunachal Pradesh 495 64 0 311 52.20%
26 Goa 398 34 9 33 73.90%
27 Nagaland 398 63 0 335 70.75%
28 Puducherry 252 16 40 0 60.59%
29 Mizoram 166 26 1 146 87.14%
30 Chandigarh 142 16 22 0 72.22%
31 Sikkim 126 14 9 37 65.18%
32 Daman and Diu 59 10 1 2 75.51%
33 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 47 5 0 3 73.81%
34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 43 5 0 22 73.68%
35 Lakshadweep 2 0 0 2 50.00%